中国与世界，环境危机大家谈 WHERE CHINA AND THE WORLD DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENT
February 05, 2010
A Chinese environmental update
China vaulted past competitors in Europe and the United States last year to become the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, and is poised to expand even further this year, The New York Times reported. The country is also the largest manufacturer of solar panels.
A large dam being planned for northern Myanmar will flood 47 villages and displace thousands of people – but the hydroelectric power to be produced will go to China, GlobalPost said.
As political, diplomatic, economic and geographical factors become increasingly intertwined in global negotiations on climate change, the issue has become a major topic in international relations. China Daily spoke with three Chinese experts about 2010 climate diplomacy.
China is becoming an increasingly important energy partner of Russia, and energy cooperation between the two nations has broad prospects, Xinhua quoted a Russian energy expert as saying.
Two German construction companies signed cooperation accords with officials in Jiangyin city, Jiangsu province, to help build a low-carbon city for 100,000 people at Shengang, on the Yangtze River, Xinhua reported.
China’s first 50 gas-electric hybrid buses have been put into service in Changchun, Jilin province, Xinhua said, with another 50 to come.
Authorities in China prosecuted 3,391 public officials from April 2008 to November 2009 for dereliction of duty in cases that caused damage to the environment and waste of energy resources, Xinhua reported.
Four people were arrested in Weinan, Shaanxi province, amid a new crackdown on milk products tainted with the chemical melamine, Agence France-Presse quoted state media as saying.
In eastern China, people have bought 330,000 silver carp fry to help restore the polluted, algae-choked Taihu Lake, Xinhua reported. A silver carp could consume 50 kilogrammes of algae and other matter by September.
China’s second-largest optical telescope at the Sheshan branch of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory can no longer participate in world-class observation due to excessive light pollution in the area, China Daily quoted astronomers as saying.
Taiwan plans to use DNA from whales and dolphins as evidence to convict poachers and protect the endangered marine animals, Agence France-Presse reported.
Mei Lan and Tai Shan -- two American-born giant pandas -- arrived in Sichuan province after being flown in from zoos in Atlanta and Washington, Xinhua reported. According to agreements between China and other countries, pandas are only on loan and any cubs born abroad must eventually be returned to China.
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